MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) Bronze nudes 1511 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican In the corners of the ceiling, the shape of the narrow fields reserved for the bronze nudes, at the sides of the ram's skull, makes the arrangement of the figures more difficult. Here the reclining figures, above the Punishment of Haman, each raise an arm and a leg toward the small fictive pilasters on which pairs of putti are depicted in intertwined postures. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Title: Bronze nudes

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MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) Bronze nudes 1511 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican In the corners of the ceiling, the shape of the narrow fields reserved for the bronze nudes, at the sides of the ram's skull, makes the arrangement of the figures more difficult. Here the reclining figures, above the Punishment of Haman, each raise an arm and a leg toward the small fictive pilasters on which pairs of putti are depicted in intertwined postures. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Title: Bronze nudes Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious

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